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> [I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/i-think-of-painting-without-subject-matter-as-music-without-words/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

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## More by Kenneth Noland

> [For me context is the key - from that comes the understanding of everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/for-me-context-is-the-key-from-that-comes-the-understanding-of/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

> [Because of this the representation I'm interested in is of those things only the eye can touch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/because-of-this-the-representation-i-m-interested-in-is-of-those/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

> [Pollock was well known, certainly, but for all the wrong reasons. He was known as much for being wild and unconventional in his working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/pollock-was-well-known-certainly-but-for-all-the-wrong-reasons-he-was/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

> [I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who'd studied with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/i-met-david-smith-through-my-former-wife-cornelia-who-d-studied-with/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

> [Clem had made it known that Pollock was a great painter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/clem-had-made-it-known-that-pollock-was-a-great-painter/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

> [With artists of my own generation there was at first no group identity - and never a clique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/with-artists-of-my-own-generation-there-was-at-first-no-group/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

> [The scene then as now was centered in New York. For the most part, I've kept a bit apart from that attractive and seductive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/the-scene-then-as-now-was-centered-in-new-york-for-the-most-part-i-ve/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

> [Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/usually-i-throw-away-what-i-don-t-get-right-the-first-time/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

> [Context begins with other artists - seniors and mentors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/context-begins-with-other-artists-seniors-and-mentors/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

> [As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/as-time-goes-on-i-realize-more-and-more-that-beginning-in-the-early/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

> [I've also been willing to share any help that I could give to any other artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/i-ve-also-been-willing-to-share-any-help-that-i-could-give-to-any/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

> [I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/i-think-of-painting-without-subject-matter-as-music-without-words/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

> [In the '50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-noland/in-the-50s-morris-louis-and-i-were-not-known-david-smith-and-helen/)

[Kenneth Noland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-noland/)

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